Requirements

( For modules going to the Beta Update Center, i18n implementation and testing should be complete for i18n areas like encoding handling and time and date but do not yet have to be complete for message handling.)

* I18N testing must be complete including module UI testing to make sure that messages do come from localized bundle files in localized jars. (you don't need real translated messages or jars to do this testing)

* P1/P2 i18n bugs must be fixed.

* The translatable files for the module must be in the netbeans stable uc l10n kit AND NetBeans Build Engineering needs to know that the localized nbms for this module need to be setup to be built - contact NetBeans Build Engineering for details and see the howto guidelines

The providing team for the modules whose translatable files will be in stable uc l10n kit must get the kit and verify their part of it is correct - that all needed files are there and that there are no unneeded files.

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Additional i18n implementation information

In order for the module code and UI to be i18n ready make sure that:

* Bundle.properties or Javahelp HTML files are the only file types that should have translatable material.

* Handle encoding properly; take into account that users might use different encodings as well as input and use multibyte or other non ASCII characters in file names, contents and other data. Follow the NetBeansProject and FileEncoding Query api.